- Findlay, Ohio, United States
- On-site
- Full-time · Manager
- 8+ years
Operational leadership and daily management of machining operations, focusing on safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity.
Responsibilities
- Lead daily production activities across assigned departments and shifts, ensuring clear priorities, standard escalation, and effective handoffs between Operations, Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, PC&L, and HSE.
- Establish and sustain tiered daily management using visual controls, leader standard work, Gemba observation, Morning Market reviews, and fact-based escalation of abnormal conditions.
- Monitor plan attainment, OEE, downtime, cycle time, labor efficiency, overtime, scrap, rework, inventory, premium freight, and other operating indicators; assign ownership and verify countermeasure effectiveness.
- Maintain visible presence on the manufacturing floor, confirm actual conditions, remove barriers, and ensure supervisors respond promptly to safety, quality, delivery, and people concerns.
- Provide stable ownership of highly automated processes by defining accountable leaders, escalation paths, technical-support response, and recovery expectations across all operating shifts.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Business, or equivalent combination of experience
- Nice to have: Automotive manufacturing experience